Taming Master

* * *

Najchan headed to the server room where the DB had been stored for a long time.

It was complicated in his head by sudden lightning, but apart from that, what he was trying to do now was clear.

‘Lure for Ian. We have to find it somehow. ’

A situation where Ian needs to develop all the content related to the quest before he can receive the associated Epic Quest.

And this stunning situation was actually unique to the "Kailan" development team.

Usually for other games.

If a user was moving faster than expected, it was normal to block the content until the update period.

However, because of LB's implicit regulation that 'no matter what happens, user content should be blocked’, this kind of inability to laugh occurs every time.

Najchan has worked many hours because of these implicit rules, but he was not complaining greatly.

This stubbornness of LB is what drives Kailan to become a world-class game.

Above all, he certainly paid for one more incentive.

‘Let's see...... The server manager must have gone home, right? Who's on call? ’

When Najchan arrived at the server room, he opened the door and naturally went inside.

Originally, it was uncommon for a designer to come to the server room, but it was an exception.

He was almost the only designer to go back and forth to the server room, the development room.

“Hey, Song-dae. Are you on call again today?”

In Najchan's voice, the on-call person who was dozing off in the corner woke up, rubbing his eyes.

“Uh, I'm the captain. What are you doing here so late? Haven't seen you in a while. ”

While I was dazzling my eyes, I saw the flow of water that opened with a happy voice, and I smiled.

“What am I doing here? ”

“Well…… you must have come to dig up the DB again. ”

“Just pick Ian's log and get it sorted out. Something else is troubling me. ”

“Ha, is that Ian again? ”

“It will only take about a week. Today. ”

“You're talking about DB too easily for a week. ”

“I took almost a month off last time. ”

“ ……. ”

After asking Song Su, Nazi Chan buried himself in a fluffy on-call chair.

The reason he wanted to take Ian's DB today was simple.

‘We need to find out what Ian feels most attractive about. ’

To find the most effective bait for Ian, I want to take a look at his recent plays.

Something Ian would most like to have, but can minimize impact on content balance right away.

Finding it was something Nazi had to do before he went home today.

It's been a long time since I've been home, of course.

Drag - click -!

I picked up the printed playlogs and handed them over to Nazchan in a skilled way.

“Thank you, Deputy Song. ”

“No problem. It's not that hard. ”

Sitting on the couch, Najchan received a bunch of documents and began to read the data step-by-step.

It would be impractical for a typical gaming company for the organizer to read the playlogs to discover something, but LB was a little different.

The log-out system was conveniently positioned so that even ordinary people who didn't know how to read the code could easily understand it.

I gave this cup of tea to Najchan, who was reading the log, with a sharp look on his face.

“Have a cup of tea and work. ”

“Thank you.”

“Phew. That looks like a few hundred. When are you going to finish reading it? ”

The anxious little question of the transfer, Nazi smiled and grabbed the car.

“Well, it's going to take a while. ”

While reviewing all of the hundreds of logs, like his worries, it was close to hard labor, it could take a long time, but it wasn't that hard for Nazi Chan.

‘Because it's fun.'

If I had to look at a few hundred usual user playlogs, I'd sigh, but Ian's playlogs are a little different.

It was more interesting than I thought to read Ian's play by following the timeline.

‘Let's see...... I haven't seen Ian in a long time, but I wonder what he's doing these days. ’

Najchan reads the log restlessly, just sitting on the couch, and the transfer that was sitting across from him began to slumber again.

Seeing the Nazi reading the data without even breathing like a statue, the drowsiness poured out even more.

Same-Same-Same-

You think it's been that long?

Queek.

The Nazi Chan, who was sitting on the couch without even moving, slowly began to get up from his seat.

“Hmm, good. This should be enough.”

And he remembered a satisfactory smile on Najchan's face, whether he had found something in the play log.

* * *

The reward for the 'Beginning of Counter' quest was not just the 'Ancient Land’.

Of course, the reward that weighed the most and captivated Ian was that, but other than that, there was another reward that was interesting enough.

It was a general goods item, the 'Crate of the Spirit King (Earth)'.

- Opens the 'Spirit King's Chest (Earth)’ item.

- You won the ‘Trowell's Grace (Legendary) (Superior)’ item.

- You received the 'Spirit of Earth Summon Scroll' item.

Trowell's Favor

-Classification: General Goods (Consumables)

-Grade: Legend (transcendent)

- A sacred stone with the grace of the Spirit King Trowell of the Earth. If you take this item to the Shrine of the Earth, you will be rewarded with an ancient reward. Or take this to ‘Spirit King Trowell’ and you'll get a special quest.

* This item belongs to the user ‘Ian’. Not transferable to another user or available for sale, and will not be dropped even if the character dies.

* This consumable item will disappear once used.

< Spirit of Earth Summon Scroll (Advanced) >

-Classification: General Goods (Consumables)

-Grade: Legend (transcendent)

- A Summon Scroll that can summon the Spirit of the Greater Earth, the ‘Turkan’. The summoned Spirit's ability is set at random within a set of criteria.

* This consumable item will disappear once used.

‘As expected, box picking tastes good. ’

Ian examines the items from the Spirit King's Crate with an interesting look.

However, it did not take much time to study the "Ancient Land."

As it was a general goods item, it was simple things apart from the value.

‘Trowell's favor seems to have been taken to the Synagogue, given to Trowell, or chosen as an option... … The Earth's Spirit Summon Scroll is a bit ambiguous. ’

The reason Ian thinks the Spirit of the Earth Summon Scroll is ambiguous is simple.

It was because the great spirit of the earth, the spirit summoned from the Summon Scroll, 'Turkan’, was not very attractive.

It's a rare creature, yes, but its unique abilities do not match Ian's playability.

‘Perhaps you should bring the blessing to Trowell. Going to the Spirit King is more difficult than going to the Shrine, so you'll get a better reward. The Summon Scroll...... I have to sell it to the Auction House. I can sell it at a good price. ’

Disposal of newly obtained items (?), Ian closed his inventory with a single expression.

“Are you ready, Grand Warrior? ”

At Krone's question, Ian nods and steps forward.

“Yes, sorry for the delay. ”

“Haha, you're welcome. ”

As Ian takes the lead, the group makes another move.

And as the movement began, the tension that had been released began to envelop the whole body again.

"Why is it so quiet? There can't be nothing like this. ’

It was strangely quiet inside the dungeon, though it certainly could not reach Trowell smoothly.

Even deep down, there seemed to be some dark energy.

As well as Ian, the rest of the group are bound to be nervous.

“Everyone needs to stay alert. ”

“Of course, my lord. ”

However, the situation did not go as Ian expected.

Even though he had entered the depths of the cradle, he could not meet any enemies.

Rather than worrying about meeting the enemy, I worry about not finding where the Spirit King sleeps.

‘To find Trowell...... we'd better find the leader of the earth first. ’

So Ian, who had entered the innermost part of the cradle, began to walk again.

The leader of the earth should be on the second floor of the cradle, and it was thought that finding him was right during the quest.

So Ian's group climbs back up from the cradle basement, and instead reaches the stairs to the top.

The moment you next arrive at your destination.

“ ……! ”

Ian was able to clearly understand the identity of the ominous feeling that had been felt since the beginning.

‘As expected……! ’

As soon as I reached the second floor of the cradle, I began to feel a huge contaminated energy.

Glug-ug-ug-ug-ug!

Weird-looking drakes burst with radiant energy throughout their bodies.

Ian checked the box of systems above their heads, and his pupils were enlarged.

-Green Drake (Chimera Tier 3) (The Only)/LV 125 (transcendence)

Are they chimeras, too? ’

I saw "Chimera" again after the Trior.

Besides, this time it's not phase one, it's phase two.

Of course, it would be much weaker than the legendary Trior summoner, but it would be a difficult battle with more than twenty individuals.

What the hell is a chimera? Should we try to capture these guys? ’

Ian takes one step closer to the crouching bastards and tries to capture them carefully.

We did not think it would be captured, but we wanted to see if it could be captured first.

- 'Green Drake' (Chimera Level 3) ‘Capture’ monsters. '

- The target's pollution is too high.

- Impossible to capture.

“Hmm…? ”

The message that came to mind later made Ian look a little embarrassed.

With the Trior captured, I thought they could be captured, of course, but then I remembered a strange message.

Depending on the chimeric stage, could it be impossible to capture? ’

Rather than being coveted by the Green Drake, Ian wanted to learn more about the content called "Chimera," and he felt sorry for himself.

“I can't help it. We have to wipe it all out. ”

Shhh!

Ian, who drew his sword, plunges into the drakes, and the warriors of Selamus, who were standing behind him, begin to march together toward the battlefield.

“Die, filthy bastards! ”

And towards them, the drakes begin to open their mouths as if they were waiting.

Kuaa-!

It breathes the breath of poison, the unique power of the Green Drakes.

“Finn, the Sun God's Blessing! ”

Whoo-hoo!

It's a good thing Ian was waiting for him to use Finn's broad-spectrum protector, which could have caused a lot of damage.

Shya-!

After absorbing the Bress, Ian calmly entered between them and quickly started swinging his sword.

Boom-boom-!

And that's the moment.

“ ……! ”

Something unusual began to come into Ian's eyes.

What, that chain? ’

Behind the back of chimeric green drakes, translucent chains of darkness led somewhere.